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Arcane Relics of Ceremonial Sound
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Predecessor reed-pipe with evocative, mournful timbre.
  • 2. Forgotten metal idiophone producing shamanistic vibrations.
  • 3. Wooden chordophone sacred to forgotten forest invocations.
  • 4. Tibetan wind flag instrument meant to carry prayers afar.
  • 5. Thumb piano whose notes once echoed forgotten tribal spells.
  • 9. Ancient Egyptian shaker linked to Hathor’s rites.
  • 10. A lamentation chant, often accompanied by ritual instruments.
  • 13. Ancient Greek ritual harp famed in Dionysian celebrations.
  • 15. Bantu iron bell ringing ancestral warnings in dusk rites.
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  • 6. Ritual net drum once used to summon sea spirits.
  • 7. Instrument with cascading metal discs for trance induction.
  • 8. Type of ancient bell known for pulsating ceremonial tones.
  • 11. Medieval ritual drum with cryptic emblematic carvings.
  • 12. Droning string instrument anchoring Vedic chants’ harmonic foundation.
  • 14. Ceremonial rattle shaped like bull horns, ancient fertility rites.
  • 16. Obscure Ethiopian trumpet used in Orthodox ceremonial summons.

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